You can read a bit more here about the break-off style adopted by Murphy during the World Championship.

Joe Perry
Former World Championship semi-finalist on BBC One

Wu just cannot finish this frame off.

A tremendous long red from Shaun Murphy to set him up on the black. He pots that with no issues but then misses a relatively easy yellow and allows Wu Yize in.

Wu pots the yellow but misses a simple green of his own!

The nerves are jangling.

Murphy requires one snooker to get back into this.

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It would be a record between a player's first and second Crucible victory if Shaun Murphy wins the final. There were also 21 years between Ronnie O'Sullivan's first and seventh world titles - but obviously he won a few in between.

Curse of the live texter.

Wu Yize misses a red to the bottom right. Shaun Murphy can't capitalise and Wu comes back to the table but there's nothing easy on here.

He's 58 ahead with 59 remaining.

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On the action itself, Wu Yize has started to build nicely.

After a couple of tentative efforts from both, Wu's nerves seem to have lifted.

He's onto a break of 35, 48 on the scoreboard.

Barring anything disastrous, he looks set to take the first frame of the final.

A nice tribute to the late John Virgo by a couple of supporters in the crowd.

One wearing a shirt with the words "Is there a gap?" on, while the other, of course, wearing one that says, "There's always a gap!"

Lovely touch, fellas.

Is that a certain former England and Arsenal goalkeeping legend in the crowd on the front row? It absolutely is.

David Seaman gets a bit of love from the commentary team and can't help but smile as the camera pans on him.

The stars are out for the final at the Crucible.

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Shaun Murphy kicks things off with the first pot of the day, knocking in a lovely long red.

He follows that up with a snooker behind the green and forces Wu Yize into an early foul.

A 5-0 lead for 'The Magician' as we enter the first safety shot battle of the final.

Joe Perry
Former World Championship semi-finalist on BBC One

I suppose the first question is, has Wu Yize recovered from last night and all the drama that unfolded?

Walk-ons complete.

Photographs in front of extremely shiny looking trophy, done.

The coin toss has taken place and Wu Yize will break.

Let's get this final going!

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Kyren Wilson
2024 World Championship winner on BBC One

What an absolutely unbelievable professional Mark Allen is. I spoke to Mark last night an he was so gracious in defeat. I am sure he will bounce back from it because he is a fantastic champion.

Ken Doherty
1997 world champion on BBC One

The drama and everything about last night reminds you what this place is like and what it does to players. It wouldn't have happened anywhere else.

You have to feel for Mark Allen. It will haunt him for a long time.

A moment that will replay in Mark Allen's head forever more.

He was a black ball away from taking part in today's final but after one of the more surreal misses you'll see, Wu Yize capitalised to take the semi-final to a final-frame decider before eventually taking the win.

Steve Sutcliffe
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

Wu Yize's victory means China have a finalist for a second successive year and it vindicates his decision to move to the UK as a 16-year-old to pursue his dream.

Wu, who initially lived in a windowless flat and slept on the same bed as his father after the move, is now just one win away from the sport's biggest prize and a winner's cheque of £500,000.

And judging by the manner he advanced past Lei Peifan, Mark Selby, Hossein Vafaei and now Mark Allen, he looks ready follow to in the footsteps of last year's champion Zhao Xintong - having been tipped as a future world champion by both Ronnie O'Sullivan and Shaun Murphy.

For most of Saturday evening, Mark Allen had held himself together across several captivating frames, which never threatened to teeter towards Friday's gruelling second session between the pair - which produced the longest frame ever played at the sport's most famous venue.

The former Masters and UK Champion enjoyed runs of 82 and 57 as he edged in front three times only to be pegged back at 14-14 by Wu, who rarely deviated from his attacking style and was rewarded with breaks of 50, 126 and 74.

Allen regained the initiative with a composed 65, and when Wu missed a red to the left middle while on 58, it allowed his opponent to deliver a devastating riposte to move 16-14 up.

But with the winning line in sight Allen twitched on a red to the middle in the following frame to set in chain a remarkable sequence of events.

Northern Irishman Allen had been aiming to become the oldest first-time finalist in Crucible history, having lost in the semi-finals twice previously.

However, at the age of 40 and with 20 failed attempts to win snooker's greatest prize behind him, he may now be left wondering whether his time will ever come.

Kyren Wilson
2024 World Championship winner on BBC One

I have got goosebumps and I am not even playing. It's an honour and a privilege to be a part of this and I am sure we are going to be in for a fantastic final.

BBC One

Live coverage of today's World Championship final at the Crucible has just got under way on BBC One.

Uninterrupted coverage is also available via BBC iPlayer and at the top of this page.

And here's how Shaun Murphy made it to the final.

Twenty-one years after 'The Magician' last won the sport's biggest prize, does he have something up his sleeve to produce the goods once more?